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January 7, 2002 U.S. Payrolls Decline, Jobless Rate Climbs to 5.8 Percent The unemployment rate inched higher in December as employers cut jobs in the retail, air-travel and manufacturing sectors. 

January 4, 2002 Personal Bankruptcy Filers Will Be Required to Show Proof of Identification Every individual filing a personal chapter 7 or chapter 13 bankruptcy claim will soon be required to show

January 3, 2002 Wireless Carriers Consider Salvaging NextWave Deal Representatives from many of the nation’s largest wireless companies will meet today to weigh whether to attempt to salvage a $16

January 2, 2002 Spending Tempers Downturn, but Debts May Slow Recovery ( The Wall Street Journal) Ten months into the current recession, consumer-credit defaults and payment delinquencies are as high

  January 4, 2008 Mortgage Lending Citi Objects to American Home Subservicing Deal A Citigroup Inc. subsidiary objected yesterday to bankrupt mortgage lender American Home Mortgage Holdings Inc.'s

December 29, 2000     Note: ABI will be closed on January 1, 2001 for New Years Day. The headlines will resume on January 2, 2001. Montgomery Ward To Close All Stores, File for Bankruptcy Montgomery

December 28, 2000   Slowing Growth Prompts U.S. Law Firms to Beef Up Bankruptcy Teams Now that the economy is slowing, lawyers are preparing quietly to play another role for their clients - by

December 27, 2000   Dot.Com Job Cuts Rose 19 Percent in December The Wall Street Journal reported today that the number of dot.com layoffs accelerated in December, increasing 19 percent from November

December 26, 2000   Montgomery Ward To Close All Stores, File for Bankruptcy Montgomery Ward Inc., the department store chain that helped pioneer American retailing, said Thursday that it is shutting

December 22, 2000   Best Buy Bids for Musicland Best Buy Co. said it began a tender offer of $12.55 a share for Musicland Stores Corp., a Minnetonka, Minn.-based home-entertainment retailer, according